Vacancy Overview
SITE LIFTING SPECIALIST
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process, and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients. With over 1,000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 70 countries, our geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.
Airswift is seeking for Site Lifting Specialist to work in Qatar with a major Oil & Gas Company.
Activities
- Provide technical expertise in daily handling and lifting activities, including categorization of lifts.
- Conduct risk assessments and hazard identification in line with the criticality of lifting operations.
- Select appropriate equipment for lifting operations.
- Attend lifting toolbox talks when on site.
- Conduct post-job debriefs and assess completed jobs.
- Promote safe handling and lifting operations in line with HSE policies and internationally recognized standards.
- Review engineering calculations and provide technical feedback for complicated and complex lifting activities.
- Review complex lift plans and attend critical lifting activities to ensure safe execution.
- Perform condition and compliance checks, fitness-for-purpose reviews on lifting appliances, accessories, and CCUs, and evaluate acceptance based on utilization.
- Participate in internal audits of lifting operations, incident investigations, and analyses, and provide support for FMA when required.
Context and Environment
- Position is based offshore.
- Possibility of onshore missions to follow up on project development and execution with various contractors.
- Requires cooperation with discipline leads and supervisors to monitor offshore preparation readiness and progress.
Qualifications & Experience Required
- Minimum 10 years in lifting and handling industry at a supervisory level.
- Offshore jacket/topside installation experience preferred.
- Technical Engineer and/or industry-related qualifications such as OPITO, LEEA, EAL, CPA, etc.
- Broad and extensive knowledge in handling and lifting appliances and operations.
- Familiarity with international standards such as BS, LOLER, etc.
- Experience in Oil & Gas industry.
- Worked in both onshore and offshore operations.
- Previous roles such as Rigger, Rigger Foreman, Rigging Supervisor, Lifting Supervisor, or Lifting Superintendent.
- Strong focus on health, safety, and environment.
- Experience supervising critical and heavy lifts.
- Ability to plan and execute critical and non-critical lifts.
- Completion of T-BOSIET training.